ST. OSWALD'S HOSPICE LIMITED

Company number

01166239

Status

Active

Incorporation

1974-04-09

Last accounts made up

2025-03-31

Account category

GROUP

Primary SIC

86900

Hubs

UK Healthcare

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated (group)

Auditor

RSM UK Audit LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial position of the charity is under constant review, and action will be taken as needed to preserve the financial stability of the Hospice; the Risk Register is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect the new exposures faced. Therefore, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Subsidiaries

• St Oswald's Hospice Promotions Limited · 100% held · England · run a lottery and to co-ordinate other promotional or trading activities to generate funds for the charity.

Significant events

• “Construction of our new Young Adults Accommodation... made possible through generous funding by the Winifred Futter Will Trust. To help fund vital equipment to be used in the new accommodation, we led a special appeal which raised more than £46,000.”
• “In January, we hosted The Regional Frailty Conference 2025.”
• “As part of a new partnership development with Northumbria Primary Care (NPC) we have secured future funding to train staff at their GP practices to raise their competence and confidence in supporting people who have been bereaved in their communities.”
• “This year, we introduced the 'cuddle bed' to our Adult Inpatient Service, offering patients the chance to share precious moments with their loved ones.”
• “In June 2024, we introduced electronic prescribing in our Adult Inpatient Service to enhance patient safety and prescribing accuracy.”
• “In June 2024, we broke ground on our new Young Adults Accommodation building”
• “In December 2024, Jo Elverson, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, attended a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) workshop in Sheffield exploring how technology can support young people transitioning to adult care.”
• “Our collaborative project called 'Portraits with Purpose: Continuing Bonds' with portrait artist, Leanne Pearce, continued this year.”
• “The research projects we were involved with across the full year brought over £145,500 funding to the Hospice.”
• “Received over £40,000 from the contingency fund of the Regional Research Delivery Network (RRDN) North East & North Cumbria (NENC) in support of our portfolio work in 2024/25, plus an additional £20,000 project funding for the 'Positive Steps for Inclusive Palliative Care' (PSIP) project which is due to start in the next financial period.”
• “Successfully secured two internships via the NHS England (North-East and Yorkshire) Integrated Clinical Academic Programme (Freya Hepburn for AIPU and Amelia Davies for Lymphoedema) - this also brought a further £22,400 into the Hospice to allow for appropriate backfill and mentoring support.”
• “Successfully launched a 'Research Volunteer' programme, attracting highly skilled individuals to support our service evaluation and research projects.”

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